Akhilesh, I have been dealing with Sun for quite some years now, and I can say that from my perspective, Sun is absolutely head and shoulders above any other producer of operating environments in the following areas (amongst others):
a) Raw technical skills - the Sun techs are absolutely the best in terms of applying their "brains-the-size-of-a-planet" to real technical problems/opportunities b) Honed technical skills - raw talent can only take you so far; and the Sun techs really are able to apply their talents to many diverse areas, from mission-critical problem-solving to design of new infrastructures. c) Foresight - creating pioneering yet realizable solutions to problems that occur/will occur in the proliferation of systems at all levels from the Desktop to the Enterprise d) Dedication - Sun has suffered from RIF's like many organisations, but all the staffers that I encounter are _really_ dedicated and professional. And, dare I say it, some (you know who you are...) even appear to revel in their jobs ;-) e) Sun Microsystems itself deserves much praise (although this also falls under "foresight"). Creating OpenSolaris has created a world of opportunity for any developer (and others) to contribute directly, and very easily, to the future of OpenSolaris, and ultimately Solaris. It is a opportunity that has never been available previously to the general public; and should be (and is being) welcomed with open arms. f) Community: OpenSolaris is absolutely underpinned by community; and the community is almost seamless between Sun internal and anyone external. Mailing lists are completely open and user groups abound globally, contributed to by Sun and non-Sun alike. Sure, there are fantastic tools available like OpenGrok; but these have all been created by the talent of the techs behind them. And if I sound like I have have only credited the true techs, then it is just a partial omission on my part :-( A perfect exampleis that OpenSolaris would absolutely not be where it is now without the stout leadership, dedication and focus of Jim Grisanzio. So all in all, Sun _does_ just have a fantastic bunch of people working for them (and long may they do so), the products are fantastic, and soon everyone will have some aspect of (Open)Solaris in their lives. If this all sounds like fanmail, then I don't often get the chance to praise the worthy-ones. Regards... Sean. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
